CubIQ 1.4

If you are tired of shoot’em up games that only test your hand to eye coordination and your reaction times, if you want a game that will test your intuition and logic instead, then you need to take a look at CubIQ, a fun puzzle and logic game published by Alawar Entertainment.

CubIQ features three game modes. Here’s the lowdown on all three:
Click 3 – in this game mode you have to take out tiles from the board by clicking groups of 3 or more tiles of the same color. Flood, Puzzle, Arcade and Strategy are the Click 3 variations you can play.

Cubi-Groups – in this game mode you have to arrange tiles in certain patterns. Lines and Squares are the Cubi-Groups variations you can play.
Logic Slider – in this game mode you have to move tiles from point A to point B. There are several variations of this game you can try out.

Click the Help button if you don’t know what you have to do. Detailed instructions on how to play the game mode or game mode variation you selected will be presented to you.

If you’re going to let your child play this game, you have to know that CubIQ features a Kid Mode. Enable it and the tiles will be replaced with images of animals, toys, fruits and other fun images. You can turn on Kid Mode from the Options menu. The Options menu can be accessed after you select a game mode and a game variation; basically, once you actually start to play.

If you want to give CubIQ a try, you can download and install the game on your Windows-powered computer. By doing so you can try the game for free for a trial period of 1 hour. After the trial period is over, you will have to get a license to keep playing this game.

Pros

• 3 game modes and several variations for each mode
• Kid Mode
• In-game help
• Play free of charge for an hour

Cons

• Offers to set Ask as your default homepage
• Offers to set Ask as your default search provider
• Cannot select the directory where the game will be installed
• Creates an Alawar Games shortcut on your desktop without asking; the shortcut is not removed when you uninstall the game.

About Alawar Entertainment
Founded in Russia back in 1999, Alawar Entertainment is a company that specializes in the development, publication and distribution of casual games. To date the company has published more than 200 PC games that reached users in more than 60 countries. Alawar Entertainment’s games can be played on various platforms, including the Windows operating system, Mac OS X, Nintendo DS, Playstation and the iPhone. You may already be familiar with some of the company’s best known titles, such as Farm Frenzy, Craze and The Treasures of Montezuma.

Additional information on Alawar Entertainment and the casual games it has to offer is available here.

CubIQ has been reviewed by George Norman on 02 Feb 2011. Based on the user interface, features and complexity, Findmysoft has rated CubIQ 4 out of 5 stars, naming it Excellent